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General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER) In force since 17 June 2014

Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty
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Articles

Chapter I COMMON PROVISIONS

• Article 1 — Scope
• Article 2 — Definitions
• Article 3 — Conditions for exemption
• Article 4 — Notification thresholds
• Article 5 — Transparency of aid
• Article 6 — Incentive effect
• Article 7 — Aid intensity and eligible costs
• Article 8 — Cumulation
• Article 9 — Publication and information

Chapter II MONITORING

• Article 10 — Withdrawal of the benefit of the block exemption
• Article 11 — Reporting
• Article 12 — Monitoring

Chapter III SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF AID

Section 1 Regional aid

• Article 13 — Scope of regional aid
• Article 14 — Regional investment aid
• Article 15 — Regional operating aid
• Article 16 — Regional urban development aid

Section 2 Aid to SMEs

• Article 17 — Investment aid to SMEs
• Article 18 — Aid for consultancy in favour of SMEs
• Article 19 — Aid to SMEs for participation in fairs
• Article 20 — Aid for cooperation costs incurred by SMEs participating in European Territorial Cooperation projects

Section 3 Aid for access to finance for SMEs

• Article 21 — Risk finance aid
• Article 22 — Aid for start-ups
• Article 23 — Aid to alternative trading platforms specialised in SMEs
• Article 24 — Aid for scouting costs

Section 4 Aid for research and development and innovation

• Article 25 — Aid for research and development projects
• Article 26 — Investment aid for research infrastructures
• Article 27 — Aid for innovation clusters
• Article 28 — Innovation aid for SMEs
• Article 29 — Aid for process and organisational innovation
• Article 30 — Aid for research and development in the fishery and aquaculture sector

Section 5 Training aid

• Article 31 — Training aid

Section 6 Aid for disadvantaged workers and for workers with disabilities

• Article 32 — Aid for the recruitment of disadvantaged workers in the form of wage subsidies
• Article 33 — Aid for the employment of workers with disabilities in the form of wage subsidies
• Article 34 — Aid for compensating the additional costs of employing workers with disabilities
• Article 35 — Aid for compensating the costs of assistance provided to disadvantaged workers

Section 7 Aid for environmental protection

• Article 36 — Investment aid enabling undertakings to go beyond Union standards for environmental protection or to increase the level of environmental protection in the absence of Union standards
• Article 37 — Investment aid for early adaptation to future Union standards
• Article 38 — Investment aid for energy efficiency measures
• Article 39 — Investment aid for energy efficiency projects in buildings
• Article 40 — Investment aid for high-efficiency cogeneration
• Article 41 — Investment aid for the promotion of energy from renewable sources
• Article 42 — Operating aid for the promotion of electricity from renewable sources
• Article 43 — Operating aid for the promotion of energy from renewable sources in small scale installations
• Article 44 — Aid in the form of reductions in environmental taxes under Directive 2003/96/EC
• Article 45 — Investment aid for remediation of contaminated sites
• Article 46 — Investment aid for energy efficient district heating and cooling
• Article 47 — Investment aid for waste recycling and re-utilisation
• Article 48 — Investment aid for energy infrastructure
• Article 49 — Aid for environmental studies

Section 8 Aid to make good the damage caused by certain natural disasters

• Article 50 — Aid schemes to make good the damage caused by certain natural disasters

Section 9 Social aid for transport for residents of remote regions

• Article 51 — Social aid for transport for residents of remote regions

Section 10 Aid for broadband infrastructures

• Article 52 — Aid for broadband infrastructures

Section 11 Aid for culture and heritage conservation

• Article 53 — Aid for culture and heritage conservation
• Article 54 — Aid schemes for audiovisual works

Section 12 Aid for sport and multifunctional recreational infrastructures

• Article 55 — Aid for sport and multifunctional recreational infrastructures

Section 13 Aid for local infrastructures

• Article 56 — Investment aid for local infrastructures

Chapter IV FINAL PROVISIONS

• Article 57 — Repeal
• Article 58 — Transitional provisions
• Article 59 — This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2014.